🎯 About this course

You learn to answer problem questions in the order courts and examiners expect, to draft a notice, a complaint and a plaint part by part, and to follow a civil suit from notice to decree. The course uses the Case Court and Drafting Lab games as practice, and ends with a module on sources, filing and professional habits. It is a study course and not legal advice.

By the end you will be able to

Apply issue, rule, application, counter-argument and conclusion to a problem question.
Draft a legal notice, a complaint and a plaint with each part in its place.
Describe the stages of a civil suit and the document produced at each.
Identify the authoritative source for a statute, a date and a judgment and check it before use.
Explain how a document is filed and served and plan around the registry.
Describe the duties of confidentiality and conflict and keep a client file.

Curriculum

Topics covered

Reasoning like a lawyer 3 topics

Scene 1: The issue and the rule
A method for answering problem questions, shown through The Laptop on Instalments, The Fight over the Water Pipe, The Job Offer: pick out the issue, state the rule…
Scene 2: Applying the rule to the facts
A method for answering problem questions, shown through The Phone in the Bag, The Chain Snatcher, The Borrowed Scooter: pick out the issue, state the rule, apply it…
Scene 3: The counter-argument and the conclusion
A method for answering problem questions, shown through The Banned March, The Thief in the Yard, The True Report: pick out the issue, state the rule, apply it, meet the…

Drafting documents 3 topics

Scene 4: Drafting a legal notice
How to draft legal notice for refund, legal notice: a defamatory post: the parts in order, the text that belongs in each and the wrong turns that cost clients their case.
Scene 5: Drafting a complaint
How to draft police complaint: the false job offer, complaint to the superintendent of police: the parts in order, the text that belongs in each and the wrong turns that…
Scene 6: Drafting a plaint
How to draft plaint for recovery of money: the parts in order, the text that belongs in each and the wrong turns that cost clients their case.

Civil procedure in outline 3 topics

Scene 7: Starting a civil suit
The stages cause of action, the plaint is filed, summons to the defendant of a civil suit: who acts, the document, the time and the section, followed through Meera's…
Scene 8: Pleadings, interim relief and issues
The stages written statement, interim relief, issues and discovery of a civil suit: who acts, the document, the time and the section, followed through Meera's suit…
Scene 9: Evidence, judgment and execution
The stages evidence and arguments, judgment, decree and execution of a civil suit: who acts, the document, the time and the section, followed through Meera's suit…

Infrastructure: the sources, the registry and the professional toolkit 3 topics

Scene 10: Where the law is written down
A working picture of where the law is written down: the components, their jobs, how they fail, how to size them and what to watch.
Scene 11: The registry, filing and service
A working picture of the registry, filing and service: the components, their jobs, how they fail, how to size them and what to watch.
Scene 12: The professional toolkit
A working picture of the professional toolkit: the components, their jobs, how they fail, how to size them and what to watch.

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Week 1 of 9

Wk 1

Issue and rule

Scene 1.

Wk 2

Application and counter-argument

Scenes 2 and 3.

Wk 3

Notices

Scene 4.

Wk 4

Complaints and the plaint

Scenes 5 and 6.

Wk 5

Civil procedure

Scenes 7 and 8.

Wk 6

Evidence, judgment and execution

Scene 9.

Wk 7

Sources and the registry

Scenes 10 and 11.

Wk 8

The professional toolkit

Scene 12.

Wk 9

Capstone

Present the model answer and the notice.

What you'll build

The model answer and the notice

A model answer to a problem question and a legal notice for a client, each tied to its sources.

The file checklist

A checklist, a conflict form and a diary for one invented matter.

Why take this course

Answer problem questions in the right order
Draft a notice, a complaint and a plaint
Practise in Case Court and Drafting Lab

You will build

A model answer
A legal notice
A file checklist

What you can do afterwards

Apply issue, rule, application and conclusion
Check sources before you quote them

How to take it

💳 Delivery & fees

One course, four ways to attend. Fees are per course, in rupees excluding 18% GST (the GST-inclusive amount is shown too).Fees are per course, in Canadian dollars, before applicable GST/HST.Fees are per course, in US dollars, before any applicable local taxes. Bulk and institutional volume pricing is available.

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